DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 2444

TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 26, 27, AND APRIL 5, 1979

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

WILLIAM M. JONES, General Counsel
JOHN E. MOORE, Staff Administrator
WILLIAM H. COPENHAVER, Associate Counsel
JOHN M. DUNCAN, Minority Staff Director

LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

ELMER W. HENDERSON, Staff Director
(II)

Hearing held on-
March 26.

March 27..
April 5.

Text of H.R. 2444.

CONTENTS

Statement of—
Albert, Linda, president, New Jersey School Boards Association;
accompanied by August W. Steinhilber, associate executive director
for Federal relations; and Michael A. Resnick, assistant executive
director for legislation, National School Boards Association..
Austin, Michael G., vice president and legislative chairman, European
Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students; accompanied by David
G. Stratman, director of governmental relations, National Parent
Teachers' Association..

Blaylock, Kenneth T., national president, American Federation of
Government Employees; accompanied by Barbara H. Kemp, presi-
dent, AFGE Local 2607-

Bottoms, Gene, executive director, American Vocational Association;
accompanied by Dean Griffin, director of government relations. ---
Bowe, Dr. Frank, director, American Coalition of Citizens With Disa-
bilities; accompanied by Vernon E. Hawkins, chairman, Legislative
Affairs Commission, National Rehabilitation Association; and
Fred Weintraub, assistant executive director, governmental rela-
tions, Council for Exceptional Children-----

Breneman, David, senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington,
D.C..

Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas, and chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcom-
mittee: Opening statement.

Chisholm, Hon. Shirley, a Representative in Congress from the
State of New York; accompanied by Susan Perry

Copperman, Paul, president, the Institute of Reading Development
in California, San Francisco, Calif

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Davis, Walter G., director, department of education, AFL-CIO;
accompanied by Kenneth Young, legislative director..

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Edelman, Marian Wright, director, Children's Defense Fund, repre-
senting the Education Coalition__

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Edwards, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Alabama__

Elliott, Lloyd, president, George Washington University, Washing-
ton, D.C

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Graham, D. Robert, Governor, State of Florida-

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Heddinger, Fred M., executive director, Pennsylvania School Boards
Association, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., president, National Urban League; accom-
panied by Ronald H. Brown, vice president for Washington
operations--

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Keppel, Francis, former Commissioner of Education, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare.

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Lyman, Richard W., president, Stanford University_
McIntyre, James T., Director, Office of Management and Budget;
accompanied by Harrison Wellford, Executive Associate Director
for Reorganization and Management; Ms. Pat Gwaltney, Presi-
dent's Reorganization Project; Dr. Mary F. Berry, Assistant Secre-
tary for Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare;
Dr. Ernest F. Boyer, Commissioner of Education; Dr. A. Cardinale,
Director, Office of Dependent Schools, Department of Defense;
Dr. Pat Graham, Director, National Institute of Education, Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare; and Philip M. Smith,
Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Execu-
tive Office of the President__.

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